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Table 1 Genetic parameters for studied traits, estimated with ssGBLUP

From: Reliability of genomic evaluation for egg quality traits in layers

Traits

EW

ESC

ESS

AH

ESshape

Collective Cages dataset

EW

0.64 (0.02)

0.02 (0.02)

0.00 (0.02)

0.37 (0.02)

0.12 (0.02)

ESC

0.01 (0.01)

0.59 (0.02)

-0.02 (0.02)

0.03 (0.02)

-0.03 (0.02)

ESS

-0.02 (0.01)

0.05 (0.01)

0.27 (0.02)

0.12 (0.01)

0.28 (0.02)

AH

0.17 (0.01)

0.02 (0.01)

-0.00 (0.01)

0.34 (0.01)

0.20 (0.02)

ESshape

0.02 (0.01)

-0.06 (0.01)

0.18 (0.01)

0.12 (0.01)

0.48 (0.02)

Individual Cages dataset

EW

0.45/0.69 (0.00)

0.02 (0.01)

0.14 (0.01)

0.35 (0.01)

0.12 (0.01)

ESC

0.02 (0.05)

0.40/0.57 (0.00)

0.16 (0.01)

0.08 (0.01)

-0.16 (0.01)

ESS

0.02 (0.05)

0.08 (0.03)

0.23/0.37 (0.03)

0.21 (0.00)

0.45 (0.01)

AH

0.10 (0.04)

0.02 (0.03)

0.01 (0.00)

0.26/0.36 (0.01)

0.41 (0.01)

ESshape

-0.03 (0.02)

-0.07 (0.01)

0.16 (0.01)

0.10 (0.02)

0.42/0.56 (0.00)

  1. In diagonal: heritability/repeatability; upside diagonal: genetic correlations; downside diagonal: phenotypic correlations. Standard errors are in parentheses
  2. Traits: EW: Egg Weight; ESC: Eggshell Colour; ESS: Eggshell Strength; AH: Albumen Height; ESshape: Eggshell shape index